CAK911 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Husband and I just started our second Whole 30 today. We had a successful Whole 30 last summer, and I'd been wanting to do another to get sorted back out after a few very stressful months -- we moved cross country in July for my new job, I started my job in August, my husband was laid off in November, yada yada. So, we spent today cooking: Tomato soup with tiny meatballs Spaghetti squash egg bake A pile of burgers Stir fried bell peppers Pork sausages Butter chicken I feel very prepared for the week. I stayed on plan today, but ate a bit "off" so far as "3 meals in a day" goes, because I slept super late this morning, so my schedule was awry. Not the worst start, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Billows Rodriguez Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Being prepared feels great, I hope your 2nd round goes smooth for you and the hubby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Thanks for the encouragement! Yesterday: Breakfast: Squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Two hamburger patties, bell peppers, handful of nuts, small apple Snack: homemade jerky Dinner: tomato soup over tiny meatballs Today: Breakfast: Squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Two hamburger patties, bell peppers Snack: homemade jerky, apple, nuts Dinner: butter chicken, steamed broccoli, tea with coconut milk I split my food up more today, because I'm trying to figure out how to handle my Tuesdays -- I teach until almost 8 p.m., and it takes me an hour to get home. It'll take some sorting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 17, 2013 Author Share Posted January 17, 2013 Day 4: Breakfast: Squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Two hamburger patties, bell peppers, 1/2 orange, nuts Snack: homemade jerky, nuts Dinner: butter chicken, steamed broccoli, tea with coconut milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Day 5: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Two hamburger patties, bell peppers, orange, nuts Dinner: butter chicken, spaghetti squash, orange, tea with coconut milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Day 6: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Two hamburger patties, bell peppers, nuts Dinner: Ginger beef stir fry with carrots, onions, bok choy Snack: two hamburger patties, tea with coconut milk I don't know, I was mad starving today, so I ate more food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 Day 7: Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs w/onion Lunch: beef stir fry, nuts, asian pear Dinner: chicken with guacamole, steamed broccoli with clarified butter, blackberries, tea with coconut milk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 21, 2013 Author Share Posted January 21, 2013 Day 8: Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, steamed broccoli, asian pear Lunch: 2 burgers, spaghetti squash with olive oil and herbs, pineapple Dinner: Beef stir fry, macadamia nuts Cooking for the week: Oven roasted carrots with dill and clarified butter Pork chili verde Tomato soup Spaghetti squash egg bake Pork sausages Meant to saute some bell peppers, but I got a little worn out. I'll probably do those tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Day 9: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash egg bake, pork sausages Lunch: Jerky, macadamia nuts, blackberries* Dinner: Pork chili verde, carrots, pineapple I wound up feeling weird and guilty about food all day, because I basically ate dinner kind of spread out, and I was like, "Aaaaah, I'm snacking," but that's such a dumb brain thing, because when I write out what I actually ate, I didn't eat anything off plan; I ate more fruit than usual, but that's a minor issue on an otherwise great day, and I shouldn't feel like I did something wrong for eating. My brain is SUCH a jerk sometimes. *Not great, but I basically needed to run out of the house for a doctor's appointment, so I did the best I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 23, 2013 Author Share Posted January 23, 2013 Day 10 Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake, pork sausages Lunch: Chicken breast, nuts, carrots Snack: Jerky, nuts, asian pear Dinner: Tomato soup with meatballs I work until nearly 8 on Tuesdays, so I do 4 meals -- basically a heavy snack right before class starts at 5, and then dinner when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Day 11: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake and pork sausages Lunch: Tomato soup with meatballs Dinner: Salad with "winter fruits", steak, broccolini and spinach in olive oil We went out to eat last night, and I felt really good about my choices. Everything was delicious, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Day 12 Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake, pork sausages Lunch: Spaghetti squash with olive oil and herbs, pork sausages, pineapple Snack: 2 bananas and coconut milk Dinner: Pumpkin curry I had a mad banana craving. I sometimes get potassium deficient (genetic issue), so I think that might have been what was going on. In general, I'm starting to feel really good. My SAD (seasonal affective disorder) has really leveled out a lot, I'm sure in part becauase of using my light. I'm sleeping great, and I actually wake up in the morning -- like, awake and ready to roll when it's go time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Day 13: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake and pork sausages Lunch: 1/2 chicken breast, carrots, bell pepper, macadamia nuts Snack: 1/2 chicken breast, guacamole Dinner: Pumpkin curry I didn't realize my husband had halved the chicken breasts for cooking, so my lunch wasn't really enough food, and I was STARVING when I got home. Not a huge thing -- like, clearly just eating more food solved that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Day 14: Breakfast: Eggs and sausage Lunch: Steak and eggs, fruit Dinner: Paleo chicken "lo mein" with cabbage noodles Not a great day for vegetables, but we're at the end of our week, so we're just running out of things. Tomorrow's the big cook up again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Day 15: Breakfast: Turkey sausage, scrambled eggs, carrots Lunch: Pumpkin curry, pineapple Snack: Chicken breast, macadamia nuts Dinner: Burger, broccoli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Congrats on being half way there. Not long to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 Thanks, Mich! I forgot to post the things we cooked yesterday: Spaghetti squash egg bake 4 pounds of pork sausages 4 pounds of burgers 8 bell peppers sauteed into strips 2 pounds of meatballs roughly 1 gallon of tomato soup This plus last week's leftovers (pork chili verde, chicken breasts) handles all the breakfasts and lunches for this week, and probably a dinner in case we have a night we don't feel like cooking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Day 16 Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake, sausages Lunch: Egg drop soup, cashew stir fry with no sauce Dinner: Paleo Chicken Lo Mein, pineapple, banana Snack: Handful of nuts My pants are pretty darn loose today -- I'm sure it's partially Whole30, and partially needing to do laundry. Also, I've developed some eczema along my jawline. I've never had this before, and I'm super bummed! The rest of my skin looks great, but this is an itchy mess. I don't think it's Whole30 related, but I'm a little worried it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 The rest of my skin looks great, but this is an itchy mess. I don't think it's Whole30 related, but I'm a little worried it is. It might be something working out of your system.....if so hopefully it will have been and gone by the time you get to day 30. BTW, that is some cook up. Haven't done one in a couple of weeks so that's what I'll be doing this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 I hope it's something working out. It could also just be the Chicago winter -- I haven't been through one before, so who knows what that's doing to me. Day 17 (yesterday) log: I had some professional stuff, so lots of "best I could find" options. Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake and pork sausages Lunch: Bunless burger with lettuce and tomato and sweet potato fries Dinner: Bunless burger with guacamole and sweet potato fries Obviously, not an ideal day, but I feel pretty good about the choices I made with limited options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted January 31, 2013 Author Share Posted January 31, 2013 Ugh, I'm super sick, so I've been drinking fluids and barely eating. Breakfast: Spaghetti squash egg bake and pork sausages Lunch: Chicken breast and nuts Dinner: Egg Drop Soup and an asian pear Breakfast made it obvious my stomach's a little off, so I was afraid to eat anything more substantial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted February 1, 2013 Author Share Posted February 1, 2013 Day 19: Still sick, not much more successful at eating, but I do feel better. Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake and sausages Lunch: Chicken breast, carrots, macadamia nuts Dinner: Egg drop soup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Day 20: Breakfast: Spaghetti squash bake, pork sausages Lunch: 2 burgers, bell peppers (cooked in coconut oil) Dinner: Almond-crusted chicken, turnip fries Day 21: Breakfast: scrambled eggs and onions Lunch: spaghetti squash bake, pork sausages Dinner: beef stir fry, asian pear, nuts I feel like this is going by super fast -- we're already down to 9 more days. I don't think I'll do a full reintroduction this time, because I don't think anything has changed since the last time we did a Whole 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mich Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 good on you for staying compliant while you weren't well. Hope you are feeling better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAK911 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Thanks, Mich! I think I'm over the worst of it -- just a little fatigued. Day 22: Breakfast: Omelette with meatballs and onions Lunch: Spaghetti squash bake, pork sausages, nuts Dinner: Tomato soup with meatballs, carrot and celery sticks I still am not back to eating what I think is a normal amount, really. But I'm not hungry enough to eat more. I think I'll probably be back to normal in a few more days. That cold was really weird, but hopefully it's past. I'm a little paranoid I've got mono, since several people at my work have come down with it (I don't know if the students go around licking things on campus or what, but at least 3 people I know have gotten it, which is awful). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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